Minister vows to improve Peterborough's bus services

Transport Secretary Louise Haigh says she wants to speed up the reform of services in Peterborough.

The transport secretary has vowed to bring better bus services to a city where routes are currently privately-run.

Ms Haigh said she wanted to speed up the process of introducing franchising in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, where aBut the Conservatives have called on the government to explain how the plans would be funded. He added: "Franchising will give us a lot of different powers and abilities to make buses better for people."

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